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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:35:44 +0100
From: Jim George <jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Problems with display of inode numbers
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 09:39:40 -0400 (EDT)
Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Jim George wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> > why is it that when I do and ls -lisa the output is not neatly
> > lined up?
> > I can use any other option except '-i' and it lines up perfectly.  This
> > appears to affect all terminals, except the cmd window.
> > Jim
> 
> Jim,
> >From the source of ls:
> 
> /* The field width for inode numbers.  On some hosts inode numbers are
>    64 bits, so columns won't line up exactly when a huge inode number
>    is encountered, but in practice 7 digits is usually enough.  */
> #ifndef INODE_DIGITS
> # define INODE_DIGITS 7
> #endif
> 
> This is your problem.  AFAICT, Win2k has inode numbers well in excess of 7
> digits (10, in my case).  If you want inode numbers to line up perfectly,
> change the value above to 10 (line 145) and recompile ls.  BTW, ls is part
> of fileutils.
> 	Igor
> 
Thanks

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